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This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.

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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 152 points 1 year ago

linux mint people. youre not really using as much windows as you think

[-] burliman@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Don’t get me wrong. I use Linux extensively, but mostly server loads and gateways. But have used Mint and Rocky as desktops. So I can’t see how someone can reasonably argue that they have the same polish as Windows (or MacOS) for the average user. Too much command line, too many disparate tools without consistency, just to name a couple.

Linux has its place, but it is not for the average person yet. I wish it would get there, but for decades people have been saying this.

[-] RandomStickman@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Just throwing more personal anecdotal story, I use Mint at home and Win10 at work. The amount of time something wonky happen at work, like Teams being Teams, or issues connecting to wifi, are much higher than at home.

The only time I've touch the command panel is when there's some obscure programs I wanna try out. I don't even know how to delete a file using the Command Panel without looking it up first.

Using Mint as an Internet machine, and even gaming in my case with Steam making it so much easier, I feel much less resistance with Mint compared to Win10. Win10 just hides everything away and I feel like I need to twist its arm just to maybe have it do things I want, and I just want to print something. Mint was literally just plug and print. Mint feels more like Win7 than Win10 ever did to me.

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly, this. It's very ironic, but with settings hidden God-knows-where and poor support for much of the advanced software, I find Windows way less polished and comfortable than Linux, despite many claiming the opposite

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

People who claim the opposite either haven't tried a mainstream distro in several years or they work for Microsoft.

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